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W. H. LEWIS.

SHUTTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIO CAMERAS.

Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. LEWIS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO E. 85 H. T. ANTHONY & COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHUTTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS.

SPECIPICATIONIormlng part of Letters Patent No. 372,857, dated November 8, 1887.

Application filed March 12, 1887.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. LEwIs, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and Improved Shutters for Photographic Cameras, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

,. to: that description of such shutters which are adapted to'both instantaneous and time work.

'The invention, although here shown-applied to a front board or plate of a camera having simply a light aperture through it and designed to be used in connection with ('a lenstube in rear of said board, may be otherwise arranged, if'desired, according to the description'of camera used and the kind of lens-tube, fixed or movable, employed.

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a face view of the shut ter with its operating mechanism as adj nsted for taking an instantaneous picture. Fig. 2

g is a longitudinal edge view or plan-of the same; and Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, with the operating mechanism of the shutter adjusted'for taking a time-picture. V

A'is the boardor plate which carries the sh utter, and b the light-aperture or lens-open: ing therein.

B is the shutter, which is a straight or Iongitudi nally -s1 i ding one, worliingjin or along pivoted-as at g, 'to bear'against. This lever 0, which is'co'ntrolled by a springto throw Serial No. 230,6:41. (No model.)

the shutter, and is consequently a spring one, forms a very convenient and simple means for operating or throwing the straight sliding and clamped,when adjusted,by a screw-button, "I or other fastening- By shifting this bar in or: out; relatlvely'tuthclever C wthe tension .of

the spring D may be varied to give a quicker or slower throw to the lever and to. take up lost elasticity in the spring. Said bar or slide.

may be arranged near the outer margin of the board A, so as to makeit conveniently accessible, and be provided with a lip, 'i, to provide for its convenient adjustment. Indicatingmarks may be made on the board for deter-- mining the adjustment of said bar or slide.

G is a lever or lever double-catch, pivoted, as at k, to the board A,fnear its back end, and the outer end of which may project outside said end of the board and be suitably shaped to forms. wing or lip, Z, for tripping the catch either by finger, by a cord, or by apneumatic releasing device, H. The inner arm or portionof this catch G has notches, hooks, or lips m it, one in rear of the other and on opposite sides or edges of it, to engage, respectively, with thestuds or projections e f on the shutter, as will be hereinafter described. Said lever-catch G is also provided with a side arm,

0, terminating at its-outer end, which is shown, toproject slightly abovethe longitudinal margi'n of the board A, in a hook or lip, r,-and having a slot, .9, within which projectsa stoppin, a, that may serve the'double purpose of limiting the movement of the lever-catch G, and of attaching the one end of a spring, I,

the other end of which is connected with the forward arm of the lever-catch, operating to lift said arm.

10 stop J is adjusted, so that its endy is thrown into locking or stopping position with the hook or lip r of the lever-catch G, as shown in Fig. 2. The shutter B is then forced or drawn back, its stud f.passing clear of the hook. or

r 5 lip n. and its stud e riding over the inclined back of the lever-catch G and working said catchagainst the tension of its spring I,to engage with the hook or lip in thereof to hold the shutter, rs shown by full lines in Fig. 1, till it is reqiired to release the same. To shoot the shutter by the spring-lever O, the outer back end of lever double-catch G is lifted or moved till its lip or hook r comes in contact with the end-y of the lever-stop J,

. the lip or hook m of the levencatch and the spring lever C will throw the shutter uninterwhen the stud or pin erwill be released fromruptedly till its aperture b passes beyond the aperture b in the board A, all as shown by t hook-or lip/r --.:the lever-catch- G, which will admit of an extended movement of thelevercatch. The shutter B is then forced or drawn back, as before, till the pin" or stud 'g engages with the lip or hook m of the lever-catch to hold the shutter till it'is required to release it. Upon releasing the shutter, however, by lifting or movingthe outer back end of the levercatch G to the full extent of its movement, which then is not limited by the stop-lever .I, .not only is the lip m of'the lever-catch disengaged from the pin 0, so that the spring-lever O is free to throw the shutter, but the hook or lip not" the lever-catch G is thrown into position to'hgage: w'ith'the'stud or pin f of the shutter to hold the apertured portion b of the latterv in alignment with the lens-aperture b in the board A, as shown by full lines in Fig. 3. After the necessary time-exposure, however, has been made, then ressure is removed from the'back outer end 0 the lever-catch G, when the springIwilloper-ato tolift or disengage lines in Fig. 3. V

This invention is independent of that described in another application for patent made byme, Serial No.f222,789, filed December 28,

1886, in which a rocking arm or lever for throwing the shutter was combined with a button secured to the camera in concentric relation with the pivot of said lever, and provided with a circular series of notches or ratchet-teeth for operation in connection with a spring arranged to engage at its one end with the notched surface of the button and at its other end with the arm or lever; also, in which a double-catch lcver, controlled by a spring, was combined with a push-pin; and with an adjustable stop adapted to vary and control the inward stroke or movement of said pin; also with an apertured sliding shutter having studs or pins adapted to independently engage with the catch-lever, subject to control by the push-pin, accordingly as it was required to take an instantaneous or time picture, spring means for throwing the shutter, and a sliding rod engaging with one of the studs on the shut ter for moving the latter against the tension of its operating-spring. Such combinations of devices, accordingly, are not claimed in the present application for patent.

The wing or lip 1 upon the catch-lever G forms an extended surface for the piston or plunger 1' of the pneumatic releasing device H to' bear against-when operating said lever. The pneumatic device H may be of the ord-inary kind used in operating camera-shutters,

"and in which an elastic hand-bulb and a flexi- .ble tube, connecting said bulb with thecylinderin which the )plunger l w'orks, are Such-'dfilrit is only shown in part in the drawings.

claim as new and desireto-se'cure by Letters Patent-- v 1. The combination, with the apertured sl iding sh'ii'tter B, of the lever 0, adapted to throw said-shutter, the spring D, and the adjustable slide E, provided with means for clamping or holding it when adjusted to vary the tension of the spring, essentially as described.

2. The combi ation,with theapertured sliding. shutter B, o the liver 0, adapted to throw said shutter, the pri g D, wit-h its adjustable slide, the doubleatcli lever G, adapted to engage at different points with the shutter, the spring I, and the adjustable lever-stop J, substantially as specified.

3. The combination,with the apertnred sliding shutterrB, having studs or projections e f, of the double-catch lever G, having books or lips m n r, .the spring I, a fixed stop for-limit.-

ing the-movement of said lever, and the adjustable: lever-stop J, adapted, to varyithe movement of catch -lev'er, essentially as and for the purposes herein set forth. WILLI'AMH. LEWIS. Witnesses: I

EDGAR TATE, Enw. M. CLARK.

Having thus fully described-my inventiom-ii 

